Heated front screen. TD4 HSE

Not sure if mines got one. The switch is there and when you press it it lights up but the bit of frost on the screen this morning didn't clear ?
Any ideas?

Bigal839 said:

Not sure if mines got one.

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Can you see the wiggly elements in the glass?

Bigal839 said:

The switch is there and when you press it it lights up but the bit of frost on the screen this morning didn't clear ?
Any ideas?

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If the switch is lighting, but the heater isn't working, then either it's gone wrong, been replaced with a non heated version (no wiggly lines in the glass), or the fuse has gone.

There's definitely an element in the screen and the fuse looks ok. I'll wait for another frost and give it a little more time and see what happens.

Bigal839 said:

There's definitely an element in the screen and the fuse looks ok. I'll wait for another frost and give it a little more time and see what happens.

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It should only take a couple of minutes to melt light frost from the screen. Light fog on the inside should clear in a minute or so.

My 13 year old Freelander front screen doesn't clear the fog and frost as fast as our 3 year old Ford Kuga.

Maybe I didn't leave it on long enough. I'm basing it on my focus which cleared quite quickly.

did you check the relay that's what burn't out when mine went down

freelandy2004 said:

did you check the relay that's what burn't out when mine went down

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No, any idea where I can find it?

its right next to the the two fuses for the heated screen

It’s in the engine bay by the engine Ecu box - two small black boxes - one with fuses in and the other with the relay in

Cheers, I'll check it out tomorrow.

A quick question, is this for a 2007 fl2?

Bigal839 said:

A quick question, is this for a 2007 fl2?

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The instructions above are for the FL1, not the FL2, so ignore them.